Topic: German glass net float. ID = Heye Glass

[Reg_s]

I recently obtained a fishing net float which is about 12 inches in diameter and is marked with Made in Germany surrounding a clover leaf. Can anyone tell me about this float or where I might get information on it?

[glassobsessed]

Welcome to the message board.

There is a good article on floats here, there is also a photo of a mark that sounds similar attributed to a company called Heye Glass: http://www.theglassmuseum.com/fishingfloats.htm

There is more than one shamrock like mark, is it similar to the mark in this photo?

John

[Reg_s]

Yes that is the mark but it is surrounded by the words made in Germany

[Reg_s]

I made a mistake on the diameter I gave the circumference instead. Diameter  is close to 5 inches. Sorry about that

[Wuff]

You'll find a history of the company (in German) and many old photographs on
http://www.obernkirchen-info.de/bergstadt/geschichte_heye.htm